Waiting for reviewu / vCandidate #920 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

zerviahzeruiah

u and v used by position, not sound: haue → have, vnto → unto.

Puritas changed it: 191 times in 144 works
Consistency: 100% (191 of 191)
Reach if approved: ~201 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: No opinion (map not loaded)
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 191 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (191 changes in 144 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 191)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… chaseth away all evill with his eyes. It was David, not the sons of ZerviahZeruiah, Ioab and Abishai his Counsellors, that found out, by consulting with God, the treacherie …
With rule
… chaseth away all evill with his eyes. It was David, not the sons of ZerviahZeruiah, Ioab and Abishai his Counsellors, that found out, by consulting with God, the treacherie …
Andrew Willet · Commentary on Genesis and Exodus · Open in the reader
Printed
… the Murder of Abner, because of his Interest in the Army; the Sons of ZerviahZeruiah were too hard for him, he fear'd their rebellious Resistance. But the Power of …
With rule
… the Murder of Abner, because of his Interest in the Army; the Sons of ZerviahZeruiah were too hard for him, he fear'd their rebellious Resistance. But the Power of …
William Bates · Sermons Upon Psalm 130:4 · p. 47 · Open in the reader
Printed
… complaining of late, among the new raiſed Maſters and Doctors: That the ſons of ZerviahZeruiah are too hard for them; not onely get away their places, but jeer and …
With rule
… complaining of late, among the new raiſed Maſters and Doctors: That the ſons of ZerviahZeruiah are too hard for them; not onely get away their places, but jeer and …
John Canne · the Time of Finding · p. 293 · Open in the reader
Printed
… First Parents, all manner of Distempers and ill humours are like the Sons of ZerviahZeruiah, too hard for us; and even inherent in our corrupt Natures.
With rule
… First Parents, all manner of Distempers and ill humours are like the Sons of ZerviahZeruiah, too hard for us; and even inherent in our corrupt Natures.
Samuel Crossman · Sermon Preached 23 April 1680 · Open in the reader
Printed
Moreover Abishai the sonne of ZerviahZeruiah slew of the Edomites in the valley of Salt, eighteen thousand.
With rule
Moreover Abishai the sonne of ZerviahZeruiah slew of the Edomites in the valley of Salt, eighteen thousand.
Thomas Fuller · A Pisgah-Sight of Palestine · p. 182 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſuch as prove oftentimes too hard and ſtrong for them, as the ſons of ZerviahZeruiah did for David, but the Lord can tame them well enough; whether a Nation …
With rule
… ſuch as prove oftentimes too hard and ſtrong for them, as the ſons of ZerviahZeruiah did for David, but the Lord can tame them well enough; whether a Nation …
Thomas Horton · One Hundred Select Sermons · p. 88 · Open in the reader
Printed
… forbear their Enemies out of Policy, not Pity; 2 Sam. 3.19. These Men the Sons of ZerviahZeruiah are too hard for me. Power makes us cruel: Who finds his Enemy, and …
With rule
… forbear their Enemies out of Policy, not Pity; 2 Sam. 3.19. These Men the Sons of ZerviahZeruiah are too hard for me. Power makes us cruel: Who finds his Enemy, and …
Thomas Manton · Sermons Volume 4 · p. 148 · Open in the reader
Printed
… God, and therefore saide, What have I to doe with you, ye sonnes of ZerviahZeruiah? for he curseth, even because the Lorde hath bidden him curse David, who dare …
With rule
… God, and therefore saide, What have I to doe with you, ye sonnes of ZerviahZeruiah? for he curseth, even because the Lorde hath bidden him curse David, who dare …
William Perkins · The Government of the Tongue · p. 16 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (0)

None: wherever Puritas had this word on its own, it changed it.